Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16

city treasurers in each city of his county
and when 1t appears upon the tax-roll thai
the taxes OF any tract of lard are unpaio
| the treasurer shall enter in such receipt
| under the head OF unpaid taxes for the
previous year, and shall deliver such II
ceipt as soon as such taxes shall be paid.
to amend the revised statutes of 1878, re-
| latiDg to the manner of taxing property
1t provides that the city or village clerE
may notify the assessor to correct any
| mistakes made in the assessments of prom
erty.] to amend the charter OF the city o.
| Monroe. The bill providing for an exemn
ton from poll tax of honorably DISCHARGED
soldiers, sailors and marines, was indefi-
| nitely postponed.
Assembly.
MADISON, March 1O.-Senate bills were
concurred in: Making it lawful for the
board OF public works of Milwaukee to
issue permit to the County OF Milwaukee,
the National Home OF Disabled Soldiers
or any other party to obtain water from
| the city Water.works, for use outside of the
city; authorizing the State board OF chart
| ties and reform to transfer from the State
hospital to any county asylum any or all
| of the "chronic insane from the state
large therein, the counties thus car.
| week per patient, and also the
amount OF the clothing bill-ths
money to come from the state treasury; to
| amend the charter of the city Of Depere
apprOpriating the sum OF $4,000 with
which to erect central building and two
additional cottages at the state school for
dependent children at Spay ta to authorize
| Benjamin Hennemann and others to build
| dams, booms and other improvements on
the Montreal river; prohibiting any mem
| Der OF the common council of the city of
| Milwaukee from holding any other city
Office; relating TO the order OF the Catholic
Knights of Wisconsin. The senate me-
mortal to Congress for the better protection
against pleuro-pneumonia Was concurred
in.
The following bills were passed: To
amend the charter Of the city of Sheboy-
| gan; to provide for q register in p obate
for st. Croix county; to authorize Jacob
Bye to construct and maintain dam
across the North Ford, in Clark county;
requiring railway companies to keep an
| and q hand-saw on the outside as we'll as
| inside of all cars used for the transporta-
ton of passengers, the penalty for failure
being q fine Of $26 per car per day: to au-
| thorize VIM. j. Vincent, James Thompson
| and J. D. j ones to build and maintain q
dam on Clam river. in Burnett county; to
amend section 1912, OF chapter 100, Of the
revised statutes entitled, "of alienation by
deed and proof and recording of instru-y
certain proceedings OF the officers and
council of the city of Milwaukee, institut
ed since April IL, 1885, for the
opening and vacation of public alleys,
squares and other public places; to amend
the act to incorporate the village of Schlei-
siDgerville; to authorize Frederick Peter
son to construct dam across Trade river,
in Burnett County: to authorize vote by
the voters of the city of Ripon on the ques-
| tions of water works; providing the man
ner of the collection of personal property
taxes, when their payment is refused or ne
elected; relating to justices OF the peace
elected in the Second and Fourth wards of
the city OF Manitowoc; to prohibit the es-
Enlistment OF joints, booths or other
places for smoking or other use Of opium;
permitting town insurance companies to
| insure cheese factories; to authorize rail-
way companies to appoint police-o officers
to act on their premises providing for the
government OF county insane asylums; re-
curing bank stock to be taxed In the cOun-
ty and assessment district where it is To-
Gated.
MADISON, March 11.-Bilis were passed:
To amend an act to esta blish municipal
court for Rock county; permitting COM
munities to regulate the licensing OF auc-
tioneers, and generally re-enacting chapter
6S of the Revised Statutes to auctioneers;,
permitting roads in towns to be sprinkled
|
owners of the lineal feet OF land fronting
or abutting on such roads, to punish
false pretenses u obtaining GER
certificates of registration OF cattle and
other animals, and to punish giving false
pedigrees; permitting the formation OF in
ter-county medical societies, which may
sustain the same relation to the state
medical societies as county societies
now do providing that if any parent
shall willfuliy abandon his or her children
leaving them in destitute cond ton, on
conviction thereof he or she shall be I'M
prisoned for fifteen days on bread and
water only, or by confinement in the state
prison not to exceed one year; appropriate
ing SIS each clergyman who has offici-
ated at the opening OF any session OF the
present legislature. to enable the several
counties and the state to prosecute Claims
FOR SWAMP and overlooked Ian (or in
demnity therefor) due under the actof Con
gress entitled IAN act to enable the state
OF Arkansas and the other states to re-
claim swamp lands within their hmits; to
} provide for the partition of personal
J property owned by tenants in common;
leaving the matter of furnishing free text
books optional with school districts; re-
quiring town boards, village boards and
common councils to organize as boards OF
health, or to appoint suitable number OF
competent persons who shall organize as
boards of health; providing that the as
sistant attorney general shall devote so
much of his time TO the duties OF his office
as the attorney general may require; to
appropriate to Geo E. Tate the sum OF
$500 as expenses incurred by him In his
contest with Isaac McCann for the seat
member OF the assembly for Richland
County.
Protection of Birds.